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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Did you know that In 2016, Uber did not make a profit, having a reported net loss of $2.8 billion?

Did you know that Uber Technologies Inc. is a global transportation technology company
headquartered in San Francisco, California?

Did you know that Uber is operating in 633 cities worldwide?

Did you know that the name "Uber" is a reference to the common (and somewhat slangy) word "uber", meaning "topmost" or "super"?
Did you know that Uber was founded in March 2009 in San Francisco, CA?

Did you know that of August 30, 2017 that Uber CEO is Dara Khosrowshahi?

Did you know that Uber headquarters is in San Franscisco, CA?

Did you know that from (2009 to 2011) Uber was called UberCab?

Did you know that the Founders of Uber was
Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp?


Did you know that On New Year's Eve, Camp spent $800 hiring a private driver with friends and had been mulling over ways to decrease the cost of black car services ever since?

Did you know that in February 2010, became the first Uber employee, getting the job by responding to a tweet from Kalanick announcing the job opening, and receiving 5-10% of the company?

Did you know that Graves started out as general manager and shortly after the launch was named as CEO?[77]

Did you know that After ten months Kalanick succeeded Graves as CEO in December 2010.[73][74][78][79] then Graves stepped down to become the company's COO?.[80]


Did you know that Uber In July 2014, partnered with Blade to offer helicopter rides from New York City to The Hamptons for $3,000 each, including Independence Day,[101][102][103] in a service called "UberCHOPPER"?
during


Did you know that the founders of Uber invested $200,000 in seed money upon conception in 2009?

Did you know that In August 2016, Uber agreed to sell its subsidiary company, Uber China, to China's leading taxi-hailing app Didi Chuxing?

Did you know that Didi also agreed to invest $1 billion into Uber Global.?142]

Did you know that in total, that Uber has raised about $11.5 billion from 14 rounds of venture capital and private equity investors? [143]

Did you know that In 2015, Uber completed its 1 billionth ride, which was still below the 1.4 billion rides completed by Didi Chuxing at that time?[144][145]

Did you know that in October 2016, there was 40 million Uber riders who used the service in a single month and that riders spent an average of approximately $50 per month on the service?146]

At the beginning of 2017, Uber's share of the United States ride hailing market was 84%. The number dropped to 77% in May, according to Second Measure, possibly due to challenges and controversies faced by the company.[147]

Did you know that In 2016, Uber did not make a profit, having a reported net loss of $2.8 billion?[148]

Did you know that If we don’t count the drivers, Uber had 6700 employees as of Apr 29, 2016?

 


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